Saturday, June 13, 2026

Bass Player Missing Again ~ Poetry / Lyrics ~ Stereo Types Stereotypes

Bass player missing again.

Bass player missing again.
Bass player fishing again.
Bass player fishing again.

Check the corner.
Check the van.
Check the shadows.
Check the stand.

He was there the whole time.
He was there the whole time.
Holding down the low end.
Holding down the low end.

Nobody saw him.
Nobody saw him.
Everybody felt him.
Everybody felt him.

Bass player missing again.
Bass player missing again.
The floor came back.
The floor came back.

He does not need the spotlight.
He does not need the flame.
He does not need the singer
Mispronouncing his name.

He does not need the solo.
He does not need the air.
He just stands near the thunder
Like the thunder put him there.

Bass player missing again.
Bass player missing again.
Bass player fishing again.
Bass player fishing again.

Check the corner.
Check the van.
Check the shadows.
Check the stand.

The guitarist took the treble.
The singer took the room.
The drummer took the schedule
And beat it into doom.

The keyboard wizard shimmered.
The side door saint leaned in.
The sound guy moved one fader
And the bass became the skin.

He was there the whole time.
He was there the whole time.
Holding down the low end.
Holding down the low end.

Nobody saw him.
Nobody saw him.
Everybody felt him.
Everybody felt him.

Bass player missing again.
Bass player missing again.
The floor came back.
The floor came back.

Jack-AL heard “missing again”
As “fishing again.”
Now the caption shows a river
Where the chorus should begin.

Jack-AL heard “low end”
As “glow hen.”
Now a chicken made of lightning
Is returning to the pen.

No.
No.
That is not the lyric.
That is not the plan.

But the crowd is already chanting
Glow hen in the van.

Bass player missing again.
Bass player missing again.
Bass player fishing again.
Bass player fishing again.

Check the corner.
Check the van.
Check the shadows.
Check the stand.

He is not gone.
He is not late.
He is not lost.
He is weight.

He is not loud.
He is not vain.
He is not flash.
He is rain.

He is not smoke.
He is not glass.
He is not show.
He is mass.

He is the line
Under the line.
He is the time
Under the time.

Bass player missing again.
Bass player missing again.
The floor came back.
The floor came back.

When the bass drops out,
The room gets thin.
When the bass comes back,
The bodies come in.

When the bass drops out,
The jokes get small.
When the bass comes back,
The song has walls.

When the bass drops out,
The singer can tell.
When the bass comes back,
The van runs well.

When the bass drops out,
The drummer looks mean.
When the bass comes back,
The whole thing leans.

He was there the whole time.
He was there the whole time.
Holding down the low end.
Holding down the low end.

Nobody saw him.
Nobody saw him.
Everybody felt him.
Everybody felt him.

Bass player missing again.
Bass player missing again.
The floor came back.
The floor came back.

He speaks in root notes.
He speaks in glue.
He says six words total
And four of them are true.

He knows where one is.
He knows where four.
He knows when the singer
Should stop talking more.

He knows when the guitarist
Has wandered too high.
He knows when the drummer
Is counting with his eye.

He knows when the room
Is about to break loose.
He knows when Jack-AL
Has damaged the truth.

Bass player missing again.
Bass player missing again.
Bass player fishing again.
Bass player fishing again.

Check the corner.
Check the van.
Check the shadows.
Check the stand.

He was there the whole time.
He was there the whole time.
Holding down the low end.
Holding down the low end.

Nobody saw him.
Nobody saw him.
Everybody felt him.
Everybody felt him.

Bass player missing again.
Bass player missing again.
The floor came back.
The floor came back.

One.
Two.
Low.
Go.

Three.
Four.
Floor.
More.

Five.
Six.
Glue.
Sticks.

Seven.
Eight.
Bass is weight.

Bass player missing again.
Bass player missing again.
The floor came back.
The floor came back.

Do not panic.
Do not yell.
Do not ask the singer.
He cannot tell.

Do not blame the van.
Do not blame the light.
Listen to the room.
He is holding it tight.

Bass player missing again.
Bass player missing again.
Bass player fishing again.
Bass player fishing again.

He was there the whole time.
He was there the whole time.
He was there the whole time.
Again.


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